The impact of upgrading roads on the conservation of the threatened flightless dung beetle, Circellum bacchus (F.) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Coleopterists Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-80

  Hayward, Matt W ^a   Hayward, Gina J ^a   Kerley, Graham I H ^a  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Addo Elephant National Park; Invertebrate conservation; Road ecology; Road kill; Threatening processes

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEETLE; ECTOTHERMY; FLIGHTLESSNESS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; NATIONAL PARK; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ADDO ELEPHANT NATIONAL PARK; EASTERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA;

COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 77951691514     PISSN: 0010065X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-64.1.75     Document Type: Article

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